The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-02 00:00:00

THE COAL TRADE. The Committee met yesterday at the usual hour. Mr. James Bently was called and examined. He stated that he had been in the coal trade about thirty years; is a member of the Joint Committee ; was examined before the two former Commitces which sat on this subject last Session ; when a cargo of coal sells at 235. 6d. a ton, it shows a balance of 1611. 163. '2d., being 9s. 51-d. per ton, or 342 tons for freight ; and after deducting half-metage I:W. and delivery of cargo 9d., it leaves Bs. 7d. per ton to pay port duty, lights, ballast, pilotage, navigation, victualling, insurance, wear and tear, &c. ; delivered in to the Committee the partigulars of the charges on one ton of coals sold in London at 235. 6d. to show what constituted that price ; they were as follow : d. s. d. .0 1 1 City Dues Nelage .. 1 Less paid by the Buyer 1 0 1 1 D i ALLOWANCES ro BUYERS. Tret 1 per cent. Discount 2 per cent. on 2s 31., and scorage ls. per score 0 4 1 0 Factorage - 0 0 Del Credre. Commission at 10s. per cent. 0 14 0 41 Bill and Receipt Stamps and incidental Expenses 2 3} Cost of Coals on. Board in the North ll 6 Insurance at 30s. per cent. and Policy Duty 0 2i Loss of Weight and City Dues thereon Balance to pay Freight, Delivery, Scc E9 4 4 95. 4d. Deduct for Delivery £1 3 6 Remaining Freight Ballast, Pilotage, Navigation, Victualling, Insurance of Ship, Wear, and Tear, &c. &c. The average price of best Coals on the first Sales in each month, at Wallsend, in the year 1836 was 225. 10d. per ton. Ditto, in the year 1837, 235. 9id. Average Freight from the Tyne, in 1833, \stasis. 111 d. per ton. Ditto, 1836, S. 73d. ditto. Ditto, 1837, 9s. 2d. ditto. The average Freight from the Tees has been about Is. 3d. per ton higher than from the Tyne. Average i❑ the Tync higher in 1836 than 1835—Sd. Ditto in 1837 than 1836-7 d. Showing an advance of la. 3d. per ton between the years in 1833 and 1837. The Average price of all sorts of Coals sold on four consecutive market days in December, 1837 was In April, 1836, the average of four da)s was I9s. 3d. Average price higher in 1837 than 1836 2s. 2s. lid, The average freight in December, 1837 was The average freight in April, 18:36 Average freight higher Insurance and charges higher in Dec., 1837 ... Os. lid. Showing the advance to be on all sorts of coals to the coal owner only ls. 971 d. 2s old. 2s. lAd. The average ccnsumrtion cf coals in London per day, taking the average on the whole year, is 6,929 tons. The average was obtained from the quantity imported. Coal vessels were tiot the only vessels detained in the river—v,-ssels laden with grain have Often been - detained as long as a month. It was a regulation of the trale that factors should be allowed three Moodays' markets for the sale of the cargo. The cause of the detention, both of the colliers and corn vessels, was the same, namely, want of consumption. The effect of the regu lations generally, is decidedly beneficial to the public, for when there were no regulations the price of coals was con stantly fluctuating, and they f.-equently rose to a higher price than they have ever attained since. Prepared a statement of the prices of coals on the 31 and 24th January, 1814, and the corresponding prices at the same dates. in 1838. The result showed that while in the year 1814, without regula tions, the price of coals rose, between the 3d and the 24th of the same month, from ten to twenty shillings per chaldron. They had only advanced in the present year half-a-crown. To Sir JAMES DUKE.—Is of opinion that if there were no regulations the effect would be that coals would at one time be sold at so low a rate as to cause distress amongst the sup pliers and ship. owners ; the trade would then be thrown into the hinds of a few opulent individuals, who would raise the prices to an extravagant rate, and thus the public would in the end be the sufferers. By Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET —The regulatien3 were framed by the factors, who, after agr, eing upon them among themselves, submitted them to the - suppliers and ship-owners for their a proval. By Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSFT. —There is nothing I be lieve to prevent the factors under these regulations from saying to what extent the metropolis shall be supplied, or what price shall be fixed on coals? Witness.—Nothing, certainly, but the approval of their cerreapondents, without which they would hardly proceed. Lord BANVILT.V. SOMERSET—Then under these regulations the parties who are interested as buyers have no power of remonstrance ? Witeess—None whatever. Lord GRANVILLE SC)IIFASET. it difficult for the buyers to obtain coals which arc out of the regulation? Witnees---Not further than that the supply is very small, as there are only three or four collieries nut of the regulation. Pey the CIIAIMAN—There is nothing to prevent ;large capi tslist from goisg down to the collieri s, and purchasing and sell coals independent of the regulations. Exaraieation resumed—ls not prepared to say that the change in the regulation of selling by weight instead of measure has giten satisfaction to the public; but is decidedly of opinion that they are much better and more honestly set ved by it than under the former system ; is aware that there is a Isrge surplus lying in the Ceti( Meters' Office ahore the expenditure. Lis intended, as soon as it reaches about 430/. more, to reduce the rnetage, which it is in fact the in terest of the fscto:s to do. The average sum obtained by the weighers in 1537 was 121/ 3i. 11 , 1. Does rot think it would be any advantage to the public if the metage was made a public establishment instead of leaving it in its present bands; quite the reverse. Tee only reason tiro he could assign for continuing the coal meters permamently in their offiees, was that which a merchant would glve for continuing his clerk. namely, that it was a situation of tru't, and required a know ledge of recounts. The coal meters were appointed by the Joint Committee. Mr. Richard Beard. from whom the following retition had been - received and referred by the fleuse to the Committee, was next called : To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Brit iii and Ireland, in Parliament as sembled, the bumble Petition of Richard Beard, of Partleet Wharf, Earl-strer t, Blackfiiars, and of Wee - t , rn Wherf, Folward-stre( t, Regent's-park Basin, in the county of Middlesex, coal-merchant, Shea eth—That by the 45th sectien of an Act of PerPa meat, passed in the first and se;eol years of the reign cf his Late Majesty King sa *tiller!' the Fourth, entitled, " An Art for the regulating the vend and delivery of coals in the cities of Lonflen and Westminster, and its certein parts of the coun ties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buck inglismshire, and Berkshire," it is enacted, " that if any seller or sellei a of, or dealer or dealers in coals, shall knowingly sell ore sort of coals for and as a sort which they really know arc not within the said Fort of London, or at any place within the cities of London or Westminster, or within the distance of twrnty-five miles from the Post-office aforesaid, every such seller or sellers of, or dealer or dealers in coals, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of ten pounds per ton, for every ton of coals sold and, so in proportion for any smaller quartity." That your petitioner humbly submits to your Honourable , House, that the above-mentioned enactment is insufficient for the protection of the public against fraud in the purchase of coals, inasmuch as the market is supplied with about two hun dred different sorts of coals, varying greatly in quality and price, and very few persons, except those fully acquainted with the nature and different qualities, and continually em ployed in the buying and selling of coals, areoble to distin guish between those of the best and many of inferior descrip tion, known in the trade as a second quality coal. That your petitioner has every reason to believe that the above-mentioned enactment is continually evaded, and that fraud and imposition to a considerable extent is practised on the consumers by various persons employed and concerned in the sale of coals, principally by the mixing of coals of an in ferior with these of a superior or the best quality, and by sub stituting coals of a different sort and description to those which may have been ordered by the buyer. That your petitioner conforms to the above-mentioned en actment, his trade being exclusively confined to the sale of coals, known by the description of " the best Wall's End coals.' That Your petitioner has suffered, and still continues to suffer great loss and detriment in his trade, by reason of the evasion of such enactment, inasmuch as the other dealers in, and vendors of coals, are enabled to enter into an unfair competi tion with your petitioner, through the means of such fraud, in mixing and substituting' as aforesaid, by professing to sell coals of the same description, or of the same purity as those of your petitioner, at a lower price than it is possible to tell them at, to afford a just profit to the fair dealer. That although a penalty of ten pounds perton is imposed by the above mentioned enactment for every such offence, it is almost impos sible to enforce such penalty in the case alluded to by your petitioner, by the great difficulty of establishing tne proof of such fraud and impo sition having been practised. Your petitioner, therefore, most humbly prays that in the revision of any Act or Acts by your Honourable House for the further and bet ter regulation of the coal trade, such enactments may be made as will provide for the prevention of fraud and imposition on the part of the dealers in, and sellers of, coats of an inferior, with those of a superior or the best quality, and by substituting coals of a different sort and de scription, which may have been ordered by the purchasers thereof, and that such penalties may be affixed to the committal of every such of fence, and such means provided for the enforcing such penalties as to your Honourable House shall seem meet. And your Petitioner shall ever pray. The witness stated that he believed that the law, as it at present • stood, was insufficient for the protection of the public against the frauds committed by coal-merchants, by the substi tution and mixture of inferior coal. On being asked if he could adduce any proofs that coal-merchants were in the habit of committing much fraud, he said that the Committee must necessarily be aware how very difficult it would be for him to establish a legal proof of this description, and that the inefficiency of the law in this particular he com plained of in his petition ; but that he was prepared with pre sumptive evidence, which he thought could not fail to con vince the Committee that the practice ho alluded to was general. Is reply to a question from the Chairman whether a coal merchant, adopting this practice would not be defeating him selfi by the injury his trade would sustain, Mr. Beard said, that supposing a coal-merchant to supply his customers with a very inferior article in the place of best, it would of course be apparent, but it was a fact well-known in the trade, that many of the second quality coals, although not so durable in the horning as best coals, arc very generally substituted, and which cannot well be distinguished by the consumers. He confines the trade exclusively to the sale .of best coals, by which ho means Stewart's, Iletton's, and other coals, which fetch the highest price in the market. Has been in the trade five years. Mr. HORNIE, a gentleman who attended on the part of the coal merchant= to suggest some alterations in the Bill, was xt examined, but none of the alterations were of much im portance. There being no other witnesses in attendance the Committee adjourned shortly after three o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Zoning l3 minutes after 7 I Evening 45 minutes after 7 LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 2, 1838. Brawling in Church is a punishable offence —brawling, in Parliament some persons seem to think is entitled to honour. If any Member of the House of Commons should be as indiscreet as the Bishop of ExETEn, and answer his attacks on the honour and good faith of the Catholics by attacking the honour and good faith of the priests of the Church of England—if Mr. O'CONNELL, for example, quoting the Bishop of LLANDAFF as his au thority for its being the duty of every man to denounce perjury, which the Bishop (knowing the habits of the class he associates with) admits is frequently committed, and taking his text from Lord RADNort's often-repeated and unrefuted declaration in the House of Lords, that the Members of the Universities, and those who matriculate there, and most of those who swear that they belicre the thirty nine articles are guilty of perjury, were to repeat, week after week, and month after month in the House of Com mons, charges of perjury against the Clergy of the Church of England, as the Bishop of EXETER repeats his charge of perjury again • t the Catholic Members of the House of Commons—we do not see, bow, consistently with preserving that liberty of speech which is so necessary to both H use; the brawling could be put a stop to. What passes in one House cannot be corrected or punished by the other, and as the Press must, according to the privileges of both Houses, only admire, not criticise, what is said in either we see no re :son, if there be any other Members of either House equally indiscreet as the Bishop of EXETER, why reciprocal charges and reciprocal brawling may not occupy the whole corps of reporters till the end of the session. Such a conclusion demonstrates at once without further remark, the absurdity of the proceeding which the Bishop of EXETER began last night in the House of Lords. The charge of perjury which the Bishop makes against the Catholic members of the Legislature is wholly unde served. The oath taken by them was never intended, and never could be intended, to suppress their legislative functions. In fact, the Legislature can have no power to impose an oath on its Members not to fulfil their duties ; and such olth would be, ab &Julio, void, whoover might impos4 it, from its own i-dierent lice, like an ostli to tcll lie=, or commit murder. eery Member of the Legisla ture is hound by the very nature of his functions to vote mi all questions which coma before him, according to his conscientious epluion of what will promote the public welfare. No oath can dispewe with that obligation. the Catholic Members of the Legislature, therefore thought that cutting - off twelve Bishops from the Church of Ireland was for the public benefit, they were bound to vote for it. If they think, as we hope they and all reason able men think, that a further reduction ia the Church Establishment in both countries, that theabolition of Church rates, and the abolition of tithes would be for the public benefit they are bound to vote for these measures. As Legisla tors, their duty to consult the public welfare overrides all other obligations ; and unless the Bishop of EXE TEit and his friends can prove that the Catholic Members have knowingly toted for measures which they conscien tiously believe will be injurious to the public, to charge them with perjury in their Legislative capacity is absurd. The conduct of the Bishop amt of the Church gene rally in placing its whole sectuity en oaths, is calculated to awaken some serious reflections , . There is no necessity to impose oaths on men not to put an cud to baking bread or slaughtering cattle—not to use their influence to sup press firming or weaving—nothing, in short, which is use ful to the public, requires that men should swear to sup port it. The great desire of the heads of the Church of of England, to impose oaths son other men, for its secu rity, and their feverish anxiety to inculpate those who do not observe these oaths in their sense, betrays cn their part a deep, inured, conscience-born conviction, that the Church and the Clergy, are not useful to mankind, like the arts and their professors. The weakness too of the tie, which an oath imposes, was well illustrated by Lord MELBOURNE, and the Bishop of LLANDAFF. Indeed, we know nothing more contemptible at this age of the world, than Statesmen relying, with schoolboy simplicity, on the obligation of an oath, when in opposition to the interests of large classes of men. If experience may he relied on, such oaths never can save a useless institution, and the proper conclusion is, that they ought in no case to be imposed. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL last night introduced into the House o f Commons a very important measulf, arising out of the ameliorations which have lately been made in the jurisprudence of the country. By the reforms in the criminal law—for which, whatever may be thought of their proceedings in some other respects, her MAJESTY'S Minis ters are entitled to the unqualified thanks of the nation— many cases of offences which before were capital, are now liable to be brought before the Courts of Quarter Sessions. The business of these Courts has thus not only been in creased in quantity, but rendered much more difficult for the Magistrates, in consequence of the humane provision which allows persons accused of felony to be defended by Counsel. Points of law will, as a matter of course, come more frequently into discussion, and the interference of the Chairman be oftener required than formerly. It is ther9- fore a matter of the first importance that the Chairman should be well skilled in the laws of the land. In conformity with these views it is proposed, in the first place, that the County Magistrates who now act as Chairmen of the Quarter Session shall be superseded by men of legal edu cation, competent, it is to be presumed, to deal with any question of law that may arise. The next point of importance in the new measure is the more frequent sitting of the Court. Instead of meet'ne - . as it does now, every two months, the Court is to be held every six weeks, or eight times a year. No one will dis pute the necessity of this regulation, who considers that, under the present system, for every five days of imprisonment suffered after trial, four are undergone before that period. It is surely high time that an end were put t.) such a system of injustice and cruelty. The measure is not to be compulsory, but to be brought into operation on the application of the Magistrates them selves, and the salary of the Chairman is to be paid out of the County rates. This, it is believed, will entail no addi tional expenses on the Counties, as a greater sum will be saved by the shorter imprisonment of the accused before trial. Mr. SHELL has been re-elected for Tipperary, but not without opposition. At the close of the election on 'Mon day he was in a majority of 123 above the candidate put forward by the Tories ; on Tuesday when the poll opened, the agent for Mr. BARTON stated that " he would proceed no further, as he had ample grounds for a petition, by which he hoped to be seated." In this case a contest is entered into without the slightest chance of success, merely with a view to have a tight to present a petition, and so enable a Committee, should it chance to be composed of Tories, to elect a Member for Tipperary. The whole fruitless oppo sition, therefore, grows from the known readiness of Mem- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, 'MARCH 2, 1838. bers of the house of Commons to scat their friends in de- ; fiance of reason, justice, and a solemn oath. This is not a singular instance. At the general election the Tory candidates for Longford, and no doubt for many other places, having the SPOTTISWOODE Fund in prospect, entered into the con test without the least chance of success, and solely for the sake of presenting a petition, to which they were pledged before going to the poll. It is not mere'y, therefore, that the wrong man is frequently seated by an Election Commit tee in place of the right one, and in defiance of justice ; but the well-known fact that Election Committees will decide according to the party views of the majority causes a great number of election contests, with all the ex pence, ill-will, and blood-shed which may arise from them, and which the Tories so feelingly deprecate whenever there is a question of extending popu lar rights by having more frequent elections. The whole matter is a disgrace to the Legislature. As the vote of the majority, in relation to Mr. O'CoNNELL, can not possibly alter the nature of this proceeding, apd can not turn error into truth, or give dignity to party spite, the sooner the House of Commons sets about altering the law, instead of punishing those who correctly describe it, the less it will deserve contempt and reprobation. In the meantime, Mr. SHIEL, till he shall be unseated by a Tory Committee, is returned for Tipperary, to the honour of the electors and to the great advantage of the public. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been re ceived. The Moniteur of that day contains the following telegraphic despatch from the Spanish frontier : " BAYONNE, FEB. 26.—0 n the 19th General Flinter en tirely defeated the Carlist troops under Jara, at Yebenes, took 1,600, and killed 200." With the Paris journals of Wednesday we have received the Madrid Gazette of the 20th ult., in which we find the subjoined account of FLINTEIt'S victory. The discrepancy between the two statements is very great, extending even to the date of the alleged engagement ; nor do we place implicit reliance upon the truth of either one or the other. " Although no official advice of the defeat of the factions of Jara and Pallilos at Yebenes has reached the War-office, a re port of this event prevails through the capital, in consequence of which we lay L.forc our readers two communications ad dressed by the political chief of Tolcda to the Minister of the Interior. " < Most Excellent Sir,—lt is now four o'clock, r. m. , and Don Lorenzo Jimenez, whom the Carlists entrapped yester day, has just returned from Yebenes, in company of Francisco Finer°, and both say that this morning, at seven o'clock, the entire force of Jara, which occupied that town, was vigorously attacked and completely routed by the brave Minter ; that the action continued at ten o'clock, that the ground was strewed with dead bodies, and that a number had been made prisoners, and were placed for security in the schools and churches. -'MARTIN DE FORONDA, (Signed) " Toledo, Feb. 18.' " " I have just now (ten o'clock, P. M. ), received the follow. ing report from the constitutional alcalde of Mora, which con• firms the glorious victory of the valiant Commandant-Genera of this province, Brigadier Flinter, an account of which I for warded by express at four o'clock. " The National Militia, horse and foot, have just sallied out in pursuit of the remnants of Jara's force. This faction was defeated at Yebenes by our worthy Commandant- General, and, according to the last accounts, 2,600 Carlists had been made prisoners. ( Signed) " Mora, Feb. 18.' " " I hasten to give your Excellency this information, and am happy to be the medium of this satisfactory news, and also of announcing the immediate aad complete pacification of this province, if the victory prove to be such as stated in the fore going despatch. (Signed) " Toledo, Feb. 18.' " TILE ALCALDE SALAMANCA, as .MARTIN DE FORONDA. The proceedings in the French Chambers, snce the beginning- of the present week, hav,z been confined to sub- jests of local interest. It is supposed that the Secret Service Fund will be voted without any reduction, as Ministers pretend that any diminution of the grant in a scascn of tranquillity would give encouragement to con spirators to hatch new plots against the Soverc:gn. Advises from Constantinople, of the 31st of January, state that the Porte has appointed as Ambassadors to England and France, RESCHIDBEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and FETTEE AHMED PASHA. FRENCH FUNDS —PARIS, FRB. V. five per Cents.. loaf. 73;.7. fide. 7Cc. Four per Cents., DM 1..7. "Ihr, per Cents. 79f. 8' Bank Actions, 2,Gs'f. 50c, 2,65.51. tt2nte de Naples, 5191,. 10e. ." Roman Five per Cents., 1.01%. Spanish Actives, Spanish Passives, 4IA A. Belgian Bank, 1,5-Nif. 1,5171. I.oc. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54N. Hlytian 390 f. EICDANG:: ON LONDON. tNe month, paper, f. —c : money, 251. 51c Tkrec months, paper, '23i . . :35•_:.; mousy, 251 . . 33-. LAS!' PRICES. Five per Cents. iota. ';ne. Three per Cents., 70c. lank Actions, •:.(335f. Romans, 1017;,. Belgian Bark, 1,517 f. . r Pc. I' , .rtugucse Three per Cents., ESL llayilin Loan, 3001 Spanish Actives, 111!.i. Spanish Passives, 4. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have reached us this morning. The following are extracts from them : Niemen, FEB. 24.—We have just received the news that Dr. fiurgen, in Cologne, has resumed the funct ions of Vicar- General of the diocese. BERLIN, FEB. 18.—Preparatioro are already makin g at Court to receive guests of distinction from differents pal at the end of the winter. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar were expected last week, but the s udden ill ness of the Grand Duke has, fur the present deferre d the arrival of these august relatives of the Royal family ; it is , however, affirmed that they may be expected, unless new obstacles arise, by the beginninn. of April at the latest, at which time it row affirmed the Emperor of Russia will come, to be pre sent at the Spring Reviews. The Imperial Prince will accompany his father, and then visit several friendly Courts. The Empress still perhaps not` come before the beginning of the summer. osed Mr. Ven Alteastein, whose mind, as may well be supp has been much agitated by th e Cologne business, is se. iousl y ill. Piivy Councillor Nicolovins, in consequence , si g ns for the first two sections, of whi c h IL?. is the Directo r. The re ports of the retirement of the Primo Minister are again revived, but appear to be wholly unf oun d e d. rose n t at the by t coronationl'c E VIENNA ' FEB. 19.—Prince Adolphus S chwartzenburg is appointed Emperor Ambassador A Q m oe h e a n ss v ad io c t r or ß ia x . VIENNA, FEB. 20traordinary, to be p . —Five per Cents. 1 06 7 ; Four, per Cents. 100' 4 1; Three per Cents. 80i ; Bank Shares 1,436. Allgenteine Zeitung, Feb. 25. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTennim, FEB. Actual Debt, •2!.,, per Cent. Do do. 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic 4 , ,; per Ccnt~ Do. do. 554 ptr Cent. Commercial Company per Cent 1891,4 Y. New ditto ... 99% BELO lAN k U NDS—BittniisELS, PEW :8. Actual Debt, 2.j per Cent. Potlischild's Loan, 5 per Cent. Loan of Thirty Millions... .............. Loan of City, 1332,4 per Cent Society of Co mmerce , 4 per Cent .......... 149 , Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society . —Brussels Papers, Fab. 25. ST. DAVID'S DAY IN THE METROPOPIS.— The most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons celebrated their 124th ann i vers ary y esterday with great at traction. The So c i e ty an d c hild ren of the Welsh Charity School attended Divine Worship at St. James's Church, Rteervp.rDearc.heGdripheth sermon.their C h T a p h l e ai i n , t r a o n n d s the t ß he ish ch o a p rit e y f when the prayers were read i n th e anc i en t B r iti s h language, the Freemasons' Tavern, the Hon. 11. R. Clive, b dß y i on c t e i hd i ee ats M. P., in the Chair. IPSWICH ELECTION.—IVIr. \Vason has presented a petition to the House of Commons on the decision of the Committee on the Ipswich Election, in which he states some curious facts. The vote of Thomas Johnson was declared valid, though he, with cloven others, was proved to have been kept for several days previously in a state of intoxication in a public house at the expense of the partizans of the Tories. The votes of S. Ackland and E. Lawrence, solicitors, were disallowed, because they were deputy returning-officers, ap pointed and paid under the provisions of an Act o f Parlia ment,of Messrs. Gib so n and Belly, parish of t n d h s e t as a town theys n at T the y the Mayor t o k ee p the peace the sum being 201. 10s. which each recei v ed. The were reexppari called express ssOUs.t desirebach the public money, their a votes were dissallowed. This decision is directly con trary to the decision of a former Ipswich Committee, and well "se w r deserves that Mr. Aglionby should bring it und er t h e no ti c e of the House , to prevent its becoming a precedent. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—It appears by our in vestigations in the first paper of the present Numb er , t h a t if 100 persons start by a first -class train about 50 of them, in round numbers, would go out 100 miles. In the next 100 miles half the remainder would be left; and so on f or ever y su b seq uent 100 miles. So that 50 of them would reach Birmingham, 25 Liverpool, and six or seven Edinburgh, was the line so far extended. Thi s i s pro bably a very good approximation, but can hardly be ex pected to be accurate, even on a lar g e scale.—Rai lway Magazine. On digging the foundation of a cart shed at the Five Bells, Wickham, on Monday and Tuesday last, six human skeletons were found at about two feet depth f rom the surface. From the manner in which they were plac e d no doubt exists but t hat the y are the fruits of some desperate murders, and that they have been buried at different times. Several old people recollect the spot to have been a dung heap attached to the Hous e of a notorious highwayman named Fulbrcok. The whole of the skeletons were those of young persons. Wickham-heath was, half a century ago, the no torious resort of highwaymen, and this place adjoins the heath. ! —Reading Mercury, CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY)• OLD COURT. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. CLARKSON stated that the afildavits in support of the application for the postponement of the trial of Robert Myers, who was in custody on a charge of arson, had been put into his hands, and that on the part of the prosecution, he had no objection to offer. He wished, however, to call the attention of the Court to the circumstance - of Ann Wright, one of the witnesses in the case, who he understood had been in the service of the prisoner up to the period when the offence was committed, having been kept sepa rate from the other witnesses in consequence of somethinrwhich had passed between her and the prisoner's wife. Now he wished that Wright should still be prevented from communicating with the other witnesses, and he called the attention of the Court to the fact, so that the expense of the proceeding might not fall on the prosecutors. John Oliver, George Clarkson, James Stevens, John Morgan, Wil. Liam Taylor, Georgians Stevens, and Frances Taylor, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Rowland Swann on the night of the 28th January last, and stealing therefrom a quantity of bedding and se veral articles of wearing apparel. There were several other indictments against the prisoners for offences of a similar nature. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, who is a police con stable, that while he was on duty on the night in question, his room was broken open and robbed of the different articles specified in the indict ment. Having reason to suspect that the prisoners were concerned in the robbery, he proceeded in company with some other constables to their lodgings, and there found not only the property which had been stolen from him, but also property which had been stolen from other parties, and which formed the ground of the other indictments against he prisoners. On the first indictment Mr. Baron PARKE intimated to the Jury that there was no evidence to implicate Clarkson, Morgan, or either of the female prisoners, and they accordingly were ordered to stand by. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Oliver and Stevens, and acquitted Taylor. The whole of the prisoners were again placed at the bar, and in dicted for a burglary in the house of Thomas Eyles. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Oliver and Stevens, the two prisoners who were convicted on the former indictment, and acquitted the other prisoners. NEW COURT. William Smith, otherwise Wren, and J. Baltcock, otherwise Pike, were indicted for stealing eight fowls and two ducks, the property of John Podmore. Policeman N 54 deposed that he met the prisoner at Hackney-wick about three o'clock on the morning of the 12th February. Observing the bulky appearance of their dress he waited until he met No. 185, when they apprcheuded the prisoners, and found eight fowls and two ducks in the pockets of their smock frocks. The prosecutor, who lives at Chiswcll, stated that his poultry-house had been broken open, and that on the following day he saw the poultry which had been taken from the prisoners, and identified them as his. the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Being old offenders, the Court sentenced them to transportation for :even years. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Edward R 017771011, a foreigner, was charged by Susan Page, with via lently assaulting her and stealing her shawl from her back. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, that she was in a public-house last night, in New-street, Covent-garden, in company with another fLmale, when the prisoner came in and called her out, saying, that he wished to speak to her. On her getting into the street, he sud denly struck her violently without any provocation, and when on the ground he tore her shawl off her, and was about to go away with it when he was taken into custody. Pocock, a sergeant of the F division, proved that he was passing by in plain clothes, and saw the assault committed ; on going up to protect the co mplainant, the prisoner attacked him most violently, and after throw ing him on the pavement, was about to repeat the assault when another constable came up and assisted in conveying him to the station-house. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had been a considerable time acquainted with the complainant, and had he known the witness had been an officer, he would not have committed the assault upon him. Sir F. Roe ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. for each assault, which he instantly did, and was set at liberty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, MARGH I.—Wind S.E. moderate.—Came down from the River, and proceeded, the Eliza, Lay, for Madras ; Mary, Wheelwright, for Vera Cruz ; Alfred, Dixon, for Fernando Po ; Planet, Hall, for Gibraltar ; Duke of Clarence, White, for Demerara; Era, Kingston, for Pernambuco ; Columbine, Pitcher, for St. Mary's ; Clarissa Ann, Mansion, for New York. Arrived and proceeded for the river, the Sir Edward Paget, Hall, for Malras, PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind S.S.E. fine.—Arrived the Henry Kneeland, Berating, from New York ; sailed ‘2sth January. HARWICH, MARCH I.—Arrived the Anna, Barrow, from Buenos A 5 res. WATERFORD, FEB. 28. — Arrived the Eliza Johnstone, Petrie, from Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, Foe. 28.—Wind S.W. to S.E.—Arrived, the Spring, from Newcastle, with loss of boat, bulwarks, &c. Put back, the Pro. tector, Glasgow, for St. Vincent's. Sailed, the Jabez, Airth, fur London. FALMOUTH, FEB. 2S.—Wind S.W. to S.E. Strong breezes, with ra in—Arrived, the Inglis, Routh, from London to Bombay, with loss cf sails and foretopmast carried away, having experienced very severe weather. Put back, the City of Londonderry (steamer), for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, machinery damaged and leaky; Rambler, Hutchinson, fur Berbico. LIVERP,X)L, FEB. 28 —The Marzarct, from Sierra Leone to this port, i 3 supposed to have rit into Antigua. Mittman, FP.B. B. —T h e Friends, Griffith, from Yeughal to Bris. td, on shore at this port, is discharging to repair. The Jane, lteuelel, from Cardiffto Viaria, was strained during the gale on the 24th inst., and is leaky. The Alonzo of Stockton, Davey, bound to London, was on shore at Blakcny yesterday, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. Ceres, of Aberdeen, is totally wrecked near Dunbr— crew drowned. Thu General Foy, from Guadaloupe, has been towed into St. Ives a derelict. The Marbotc, Ford, bound to Rochefort, was wrecked near Charente on the 9.2 d ult.—crew Raved, THE FUN DS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, T ifELVE O'CLOCK. We have re , , , e:re.l the Journal do Commerce of Antwerp of yester. day'S date, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the iCith. The l'wo. and-a-11W per Cents., 53 5-16ths; rive per Cents, 101 i ; Spanish, 13 3.lflths. - - The Dutch papers state that a brig of war, with a sloop and a trans. port, wt-te to sail on an expedition to the coast of Guinea. The overland express from the East Indies has not yet arrived, which c uses come excitenent to the East India merchants, it being over due. To the present hour we do not hear of the arrival of the New York packet Sheridan at Liverpool, which sailed on the Ist ult. The notice from the Rank yesterday afternoon of their discounting at a lower rate cf interest, 31 per cent. instead of 4 per cent., has not had any efll:ct on the funds this morning, nor is it supposed that it will add to the profits of the Bank of England, while the bankers are this co,.lnting good bills at near one per cent. lower, owing to their having abundance of money in their hands, which at present cannot be applied to commercial speculations. FUNDS. Consol4 opened this morning at the closing price of mterday, 92 93 for Money, and 931 to 931 for the account ; since which, may be quoted at 93 to 93 lh for the account, with little doing. Re tuced and Three_and_a-half per Cents, are shut; Exchequer Bills, (10 to ; India Bonds, unmarked, 13s. ; Bank Stock shut for the Dividend, at 207 ; India Stock, also 205. 271 to 28; 'Mexican, 29 to 29 ; Spanish 191 to 191; Portuguese ; Dutch, 531 to 531. I'itICES 01. STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2 per Cent. •tet,., , 93% %% ilitto Bonds 3 per Coil. Cons el 25, South Sea Stock — 344 per Cent...................... 1 01 1.4' 1 01d Annnities .... ..... Dittoßed 101 % 14 iAi4 ' Nt w Ditto — New 3 , 4 pc, Celli 10014 % .% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. . . ............. Exch. Bills , . C l,ooe 6l 63 DM .. flank Long Annultlestoexotre Ditto :At'. . . .. 61 113 pm. Jan. 5, 1960 l5 5-16% Ditto Small Oct. 10. 1859 . — 1 Ditto Commercial - pm. Jan. 5, 1360 ---1 Ditto Advertised — pin Jan. 5, 1880 ......... .... • —,• Bank Stock for Account — April `,, 1+34. ........ ........ --1110:a Stock for Account — Jr.n. 5, 1.870 — i Cnnsols for Account 0 . 34 3 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Rondo Belgian Bonds — ' Ditto Account ..-... ..... ....... Ditto Account , Portuguese Bonds. — Brazilian Rands ... ...... .... Ditto Account — Ditto New [omit ..............A Ituertot Ayres Bonds ......... Ditto Account — DAVI), 3 per cent ld% Killian ilonds .................... Priirsian Iv.nds Ditto Account Cliumbi.an Bonds ...... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account .8.,,i 9 Ditto Account ... Danish Bonds ...... Ditto Account ..... ..... ....... Ditto Account 1 9%;i2% Greek Bonds ............. ........... French, 5 per cent.-- ..... —f. --i.. Ditto 13nrids, 1625 — ------ 4 per cent. -f. —c. Ditto Account .... ....... ....... --- 3 per cent. ...... , —f. —c. Mexican Bands, 5 per cent.... --- Exchange -f. --.. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account N e apolitan — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SIIAIIES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (Issued at 5/. pm.) ‘..NI 22 Candonga Mining Company 7l-; 8 1 4 Real del Monte ',timing Co., Registeredi 63/.los. 6d. Ditto Unregistered l6 fthymney Iron Mining Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 2O 20 It s ; Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company l5 1. 1 ,4 Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 6 1 A, Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ...... Eastern Counties Railway 3 • 2N, 3% Great Western Railway Company 65 91 W, 4 Hull and Selby Railway Company lO 9 814 t% Brighton Railway Company London and 131ackwall Railway Ditto Scrip 7104 London and Birmingham Railway Company 9ll 170 I ondon and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 19 Lon d o n and Southampton Railway Company 56 43 London, Sainsbury, and Exeter Railway 1 2s 6d. ,iii.nchester and Birmingham Railway 7 10% 12 11% Northern and Eastern Railway Company Kean Midland Railway Company 35 43 4 3 1 ,04 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 61 ,09 U South Midland Railway Company I ss. 60, york and North Midland Railway Company l2 1336 Canada Company HALF-PAST OI%E O'CLOCK. The American merchants are anxious for the arrival of the Sheridan as she has on board a great number of passengers. Owing to the great dearth of intelligence, the Funds continue in. active. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 92 to 6, have improved to 92i for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 61 63 premium ; India Bonds, 61 63 ; Bank Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market some business has been done in Spanish, which may be quoted 191, it had reached 191 ; Portuguese, 274 ; Three per ' Cents., 184 ; Mexican, 291; Columbian, 28j 29; Dutch Two-and.a. Half, 53; I. Consols for the Account, 02i. THREE O'CLOCK. Sir Francis Burdett libelled the House of Com mons ; escaped from the Speaker's warrant, though he had promised to the Sergeant-at-Arms to obey it ; and after causing great riots, accompanied with the loss of life, he was forcibly taken from his house, and committed to the Tower. Mr. O'Connell was voted guilty of the same offence—he obeyed the Speaker's order, and appeared in his place ; and in the lists of the division, published on the same day, the name of Burdett—" Westminster's Pride," " the model of the English Gentleman"—stands in the majority who voted for the reprimand ! Which of the two is the Gentleman ? ELECTION COIIIIIIITT.EE.b. (THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, but salt with closed doors till a quarter past twelve—Counsel having h. ictl Lea rd in private for an hour. On our admission, the CHAIRMAN informed the l "kuu.sel that they would allow the question to be put as to the acts cf : dessrs. Croucher, but they trusted the Counsel for the petitioners would come to the ques tion of agency as soon as possible. Mr. WRINGIIAM begged to be understood that hew as offering these acts for the purpose of showing a connection betwem In them end the sitting Members. Tyler was then called in and examined by Mr. Wr taxotrau. Some gentlemen were sent down from Mr. Tijou's room to be engaged. The CHAIRMAN desired the witness to answer only s itch questions as were within his own knowledge. EXAMINATION.—Mr. Croucher engaged some winvassers, and Mr. John Croucher the messengers. They were paid by Mr. John 11. Croucher. Witness had been engaged for near set 'en years by Mr. Joseph Croucher, but he could not say that the brntherst were concerned together in these matters. Mr. Joseph Croucher appoi ated the can vassers, who returned nightly statements. The res' eft wm is entered in a book, which was inspected by Mr. Croucher, who thee. informed the Committee of the result, and he had seen him do 6( t in, the presence of the sitting Members. When Mr. Croucher was in the Commit tee-room, he was employed in the general business of the election. The card of appointment of Mr. Forsyt b as a Committee Clerk was written by witness, and signed by Mr. Crot tcher. Had heard Mr. John H. Croucher give orders to Lake the printer, and to a stationer. He had a table for himself, and received all stationery ; he also sent it out, Red had what was called the literary dlepartment of the election under his charge. He had seen the sittim tg- Members there while he was present, and when the Committee was sit Mtg. The Chair man and members of the Committee must have see shim. Had seems Mr. Jos. Croucher in conversation with Messrs. Gs*matme and Pattison. Had heard Mr. Croucher give orders respecting time els :Aims, and they were always obeyed—had heard Mr. Tijon also gi - ve ors lees which were obeyed. Mr. John 11. Croucher acted under the ,direct ions of Mr. Jos. Croucher, and acted for him its his absence. Wits n letters were brought in they were taken to Mr. Jos. Crm sucluer,.—if he was not present, they were taken to Mr. I. H. C. Thew letters were opened by him in the General Committee-room. He is now in the em ploy of Mr. Gregory, the agent for the petition. On. the day of the election, about the middle of the diy, Mr. John C toucher was in the Committee-room, and received the lists as to the p rog - resss of the pall. He gave witness directions on that day in the pre lessee of Mr. Grote. He told him to go up to Clerkenwell. By Mr. AUSTIN.—He would say that he believ eel Mr. Grote heard him. He (Mr. Croucher) wrote a note and told hi m to go up to Mr. Perkin's and the district Committee-rooms, and b n ugh up voters, or else we shall lose the day. He said, we must haves them even if they must be paid. Previous to going he went into ;t1 me general Com mittee-room, and was called by Mr. Tijon. By Mr. Auszts.—Neither of the sitting Membiers • were present. On witness returning from Clerkcnwell, he told }ail C. what he had done, and he said very well. Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Mr. Grote was ou.t and in the pri vate room all the day long. There was no mistal ze about the matter, and if Mr. Grote was not there he had stated that which was false, be cause he knew him well. It was in the press-room t - where they printed the cards with the state of the poll. He could not swear that Mr. Grote heard the words addressed to him by Mr. Cro ucher,but to the best of his belief he did. The General Committee-no as was much crowded for every considerable part of the day. Any one night go in and out again. Many came in, sat down and read the new timaspers. All persons decently attired had access to the room. He wo slid swear that one in fifty that visited the room had business—he would not swear that one in forty-nine had. It was a general rule to have tl to name of the can vasser written on the back of his soliciting ca rm .1. He knew Mr. Travers well. He ton years ago was a clerk ire the City; he had never been a clerk to Messrs. Gregory and Prim m —he was sure of that ; he was then in the employ of Mr. GreEor y. When he was with Mr. Croucher, he considered in his con ac fence that he was in a confidential situation—that he was not to t. til all the world what took place. His conscience had undergone no c auge, but being out of a situation he applied to Mr. Gregory, but it w ems understood that he should disclose nothing with respect to Mr. Croy mc'her. There was not a word said about it ;it was an understanding. Mr. Gregory, it was but justice to Mr. Gregory to say that he h el never put a single question to him. He received at first thirty- lave shillings a week, but subsequently raised it to two pounds. He had been turned off by Mr. Croucher about two weeks before he was engaged by Gregory ; it was in consequence of a quarrel ; could not recollect that any charge was made against him for destroying a book of any ki rid. He positively de nied there was any charge of the kind ; Mr. I. Croucher made a charge against him of having taken money for ge Wing situations, and he also charged him with not accounting for monies kme had received. He, as a rnan of some feeling, resented sutb 5 . charge. He h a d left the Time Book in the possession! of Mr. Croucher. There was one leaf in it on which the re was an error, which was torn out. There were, he believed„ ',lire° leaves, not more. He would not swear that it was not because of tYle charge of fraud, he did net think it was ; if he had not resented the, 'charge as a man ought to do he might have been there yet. DURHAM (CITY). The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Serg "ant BALL in the Chair. Mr. Austin appeared fur the petitioners, Mr. ➢togers for the sitting Member. After some consultation between the Counsel„ Mr. AUSTIN said at the last election for the City of Durham, Mr. Trcvor (now Lord Dungannon) was returned by a majority which was hot attacked. Mr. Harland was returned by a. majority of only two over Mr. Granger, the petitioner. Under the circumstances, it was natural fur a scrutiny to take place--as it accordingly did. But both Mr. Harland and Mr. Granger beirg .of the same political opinions, the scrutiny would not of course' be carried on with so much nicety and severity as in the case of candidates of opposite parties. And after a careful deliberation it fp/Tared advisable that the petition against Mr. Harland's return shout db e abandoned, which, as it would no doubt he admitted by his Leary ted Friend, the petition had not been frivolous or vexatious, he (Mr. A ustin) readily made the name admission as to the defence of the sitting D tember. Mr. Rouen* arquicsc el in what had fal'en frt at his Learned Friend, and was glad the Committee bad been saved from: a long and painful in vestigation. QUEEN'S COUNTY. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, but ha'►e been occupied the whole of the morning in hearing the arguments of Counsel, as to whe ther the registry shall be opened. BELFAST. 4.he Counsel for sitting Membi - rs objected t' the lualification of Mr. E. Ttnnent. He claims in respect of certain esteee iu Fermanagh and Sdgo ; and it seas contended that, owing to some-Ino:tgageo, the yearly value of those estates was reduced to about 1201... a year, thus creating a deficiency of 1804 below the 8001. required by the Act. TAUNTON. The Committee met this morning at Eleven o'C3ock. .... The CHAIRMAN enquired if the Counsel on each side were able to furnish a classified hut of the votes objected to, so that when a decision was given on a point which ad'octed them, they might all be disposed of at one time. Ile hoped before to-morrow morning that a list of this kind would be prepared, in order that the Committer. might know what they were about to do. Mr. ERRE said that wherever a decision was pronounced which regu lated other cases they would not be contested further. He did not think matters could be expedited in any other mode. Cases did not present themselves in classes. Mr. COCKBURN said the difficulty was this, that there was scarcely a single voter who was not objected to on one or mere grounds, so that if they came to en understanding on one point, there would be a diffi. culty in giving up the vote. The discussion terminated by the Counsel intimating that they would endeavour to make such arrangements as would facilitate the proceedings of the Committee. John Harwell was objected to by the petitioner. It appeared that he was registered as a 10/. householder, and also as a potwaller in respect of the same house; and that he quitted the house before the election, and was absent for a month from the ancient borough ; that he came back a few days before the election, and continued in the borough until the time of the election. Mr. BERM subrnitted that the vote was bad, inasmuch as the voter had ceased to be a potwaller, because he had not been one for six months previous to the election. The Committee decided that the vote must be retained. Mr. Newton, potwaller, was objected to by the petitioner, on the ground of removal. It was contended by Mr. GotattN, on the part of the sitting Members, that if the franchise was last, it was lost before the registration--that the objection ought to have been taken before the Itevising Barrister, and this not having been done, it could not be gone into by the Committee. On the other side, it was submitted by Mr. Bens that there xvai a continuing disqualification since the registration, which might be entertained by the Committee. The Committee decided on retaining the vote. The name of Janice Pring, 1,049 on the register, was then proposed to be placed on the poll of the petitioner. It appeared that on tender ing his vote, the returning officer put the three questions to him, the third of which he declined answering. He afterwards went to tender his vete, prepared to answer the third question, but the returning officer refused to receive his vote. The Committee decided that the vote should be added to the poll of the petitioner. YOUGHAL. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, and after hearing witnesses, decided that the vote •f John Linahan, on the poll of the petitioner yesterday, objected to by Mr. Harrison, was a good one. The Rev. John Barton Gray was next objected to by Mr. Harrison, on the ground of nonresidence. The vote, however, was decided to be a good one. The next vote objected to on the part of the sitting Member, was that of Nicholas George Green, on the ground that before the election he had parted with the holding from which he derived his qualification. It was shown that since 1835, a lady lodging in Green's house, had paid her rent, not to Green, but to his landlord. For the sitting Member it was contended, that the voter at that time ceased to be the tenant of the whole. house. On the other hand, Mr. Watrot,e, for the petitioner, insisted that Miss Hastings (the under-tenant) paid the rent to the head landlord, on ac count of Green, whose tenant she still continued to be ; and further, that even if Green had ceased to be tenant for the whole house, the por tion which he did continue to occupy was sufficient for the qualification. (Left sitting.) PRIVATE ENT ---(T BUSINES HIS S F DAY .) O PARLIA M NOTTING-HILT FOOTPATH. The Committee met to-day at One o'Clock. Mr. B RATH WAITE, the engineer, who had becn under examination yes. terday was again called in and examined. The witnesses evidence was chiefly as to the condition of the different footways in the neighbour hood, which he stated to be in an almost impassable condition. The en closure of the Hippodrome had been of service instead of an injury to the ground, in consequence of the expense Mr. White had gone to in draining it. In answer to questions from Mr. Aglionby, Counsel for the Bill, stated that Mr. White was to make a carriage way from the Uxbridge road to the Harrow-road, with a foot-path on one side, and also a foot way from ftrtobello.lane to Notting barns; and that the footpath across Notting-hill through the Hippodrome should not be stopped up till the other was completed. ' " . - A Member of the Committee thought that statement very important He wished to know if the consent of the tenant was obtained ? COUNSIIL said Mr. White was to undertake to procure his consent. A rough estimate had been made, and it was calculated that the road would cost 1,500/. Witness—The projected road would be made superior to any of the present footpaths. Mr. White has a power of building on either side of the road, and that would not be an advantage to the pro posed road. EDITORIAL LABOUR.—The Otaheite Gazette (Sandwich Islands) is printed in a barn which answers every purpose for a publication-office, bulletin-office, editorial office, printing-office, and chamber, parlour, kitchen, dog house, and stable for the editor, his family and cattle. Ile does all the composition, writing, selecting, bookkeeping, and marketing himself. He says with perseverance and economy he thinks he can get along. If he don't it wilt not be his fault. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. GROSS STATE OF THE POLL AT NINE O'CLOCK. Ewart. Teignmouth Thompson 536 646 66 TEN O'CLOCK. Evvart Tcigwrouth Thompson 162 ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Ewart Teigmnouth ..; Thompson TWELVE O'CLOCK. E wart 1,973 2,818 218 Teignmouth 'Thompson ONE O'CLOCK. Evart Teignraouth . Thompson 2,403 3,274, 217 TWO O'CLOCK. Ewart 2,841 Teignmouth Thompson 227 THREE O'CLOCK. Ewart Teignmouth Thompson 231 CLOSE OF THE POLL. FOUR O'CLOCK. E wart ....... ..... Teignmouth Thompson Upwards of 3,400 Electors have not gone to the Poll. TO THE RADICAL ELECTORS OF MARYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN, We have defended our little post with complete success. The Whigs have pointed to the dangerous secret, that not one of them can be elected unless the Radicals consent. If the Whigs have their reasons for seating a Tory in pre ference to a Radical, the Radicals, by that very fact, have cause to prefer him to a Whig. Our example will not be lost. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. 13, Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, 2d March, 1838, 4 P. M. THE FUN - IS.-CLOSING PRICES. Omnium BRITISH Bank Stock ~ per Cent. Red 93% India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons 03 Li Ditto I!onds ..... 63 3y., per Cent. lOl% South Sea Stock _- 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Red 100% Ditto Old Annuities ..... ........ New 3y per Cent 100% Ditto New Annuities — 1 per Cent. Assentei . — Ex. Bif 's, 10001 olicl. ... Npm Dissented Ditto 500/ Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ 62 pm Jan. IeSO l`.% Bank Stock for Opg. ...... ...... 20711, Oct 1950 — India Stock for Act. Jan. IE3O — Consols for Feb. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. --- Balgisiii, 5 per cent — ' Ditto, New Ditto 27% Brw.zilian licmds - Buenms Ayres, 6 per cialt. — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent .... Chilian 6 per cent ! Ditto, Metallic ... Colombian, 6 per cent. 26% Spanish, 5 per cent l9 Ditto, 1524 - Danish, 3 par cent ! French, 5 pci cent ... Greek Bonds, 1025,5 per cent. ! Exehang, Mexican, S per cent. French, 3 per cent to.. —c Ditto, 6 per cent., 1325 ....... ‘2.9 1 6 . Dutch, 2i per cent. 5314 ecrucnan, 1825, 6 per cent.... t Ditto, 5 per cent 10354 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway 21% Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Dublin and Kilkenny Railway 2% Eastern Counties Railway 3% Great ‘Vestern Railway D3% Hull and Selby London and Brighton Railway 12% - London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway London and Greenwich Railway 1834 London and Southampton Railway 43 Manchester and Leeds Railway 49 Maixhester and Birmingham Railway North Midland Railway Northern and Eastern Railway • 6 South Eastern and Dover Hallway 7 No other , ariations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'clu t k List. The following is from a Correspondent, who writes with authority ;—" Yesterday morning, as the Re v. Dr. Grindrod, President of the Wesleycan Conference , aeee . "l panied by his Chtiplin, the Rev. F. J. Jobson, was proc eeding in his phaeton, in the direction of Hackney, the horse sud denly, and very contrary to its usual practice , COMMMneed trotting most violently, to the no small alarm of the :Re v. Gentlemen. Some woman, the wife of a waterman, with singular intrepidity, seized hold of the reins, which Mr. Job. son in his fright had incautiously let go, and assisted both gentlemen to alight. We regret to say that, in . endeavouring to get out at the back, Mr. Jobson pu t his left shoulder out, but on inquiry this morning, we found him so far recovered as to indulge the hope that this young and promising divine will soon be able to resurno his pulpit ministrations. The intrepid female received as a tri fling acknowledgment, a copy of the New Testament, -t.ieatly bound in calf, with a suitable memorial written in the ins tide Yesterday afternoon an adjourned inquest took ?lac! before Mr. Stirling and a most respectable jury, at the _Robin _ Hood Tavern, High Holborn, to inquire into the circu mstances attending the death of Mrs. Warner, aged 74 years, 11011 c was alleged to have prematurely taken place in consequet3ee of the treatment pursued towards her by a person of the itau l° of Marryatt, at whose house, No. 2, Dolphin-place, Holhop!, she lodged. The jury retired for half an hour, after wlocniu they returned a epecial verdict, to the effect that the decease died from water on the brain, brought on by neglect. ' lll° Coroner said the verdict amounted to one of manslaugla te' r " The jury again retired, and, after an absence of nearly an ho .. ur: returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased &sea from water on the brain ; but the jury wish to express in title strongest terms their disapprobation of the conduct of I'o,r. Marryatt in not having called in medical aid when it appea,L2a to be so much required." The inquiry altogether lasted near iy twenty hours. • e 1 SILVEIt WATCHES TWO GUINEAS EA<>;` l • An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of them warranted' and of various sires, may be selected from, for the, abova prioet., R t T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cora' , London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). f N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the prices Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, er will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. Oyi the 26th ult., in Norfolk-street, the Hon. Mrs. Ellison , o f a daughter. On the 27th ult., the lady of Frederick Barron , Esq., of alt spur-street, of a daughter. On the 28th ult. Mrs. Bagshawe, of Lamb's Conduit-place , °I a daughter. On the 27th ult., in Brunswick-square, the lady of I'. Davieiss o ' M.D., of a son. On the 28th ult., at Springfield, Upper Clapton, Mrs. Charles Bischoff, of a daughter. On the 25th ult., in Maddox-street, the lady of Thomas &log' M.D., of a daughter. On the 30th January, at Philadelphia, the lady of J. W. Corsvel l ' Esq., of a son. On the 19th ult., at Convamore, county of Cork, the Corniile'' s of Listorell, of a son. On the 22d ult., at Rose Hill, near Sittingbourne, the lady ° f W. A. Munn, Esq., of a daughter. In Montague-place, on the '22d ult., Mrs. Edmund Ray, of g daughter. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at Brighton, Edward Stewart , Esq., elde sft , s°n , of the Hon. Edward and Lady Katharine Stewart , to L o uisa .r.n n " Herbert, daughter of the late C. J. Herbert , Esq. , of Mueicruss' Killarney. On the 27th ult., at All Saints', Maldon, Essex, Mr. John Go l f liar, lias, of Doctors' Commons , solicitor , to Jane , young e s t daug h ter e Mr. S. Sandie. of Maldon. 11. G. Spedding, eldest son of B. J. Spedding, Esq. of Ogr e " field, to Eliza, eldest daughte r of It. Thomas, Esq., of i . on ... c ourt, London. e lds, On the 27th ult., at the Chu r c h of St. Martin-in-tbe-- d the James Wyld, of Charing cross East, to Anne,. only child late J. Hester, Esq., of Berkeley -street. On the 25th ult., in Bedford. place, Russell-square, gen r l Braaksma, Esq., formerly of Amsterdam, aged 56. At Grenada, on the 29th of December last, Daniel Gibbs, % 5 q," aged 56, Member of her Majesty's Council, and upwa rds of forty years a resident in that Island. At Sierra Leone, on the sth December, Mr. John W. Wallaill son, formerly of Mauritius. On the 28th ult., at Brook-green, Hammersmith, George Cook, Esq. Lloyd On the 25th ult., in Allsop-terrace, New-road, Major J ohn Jones, of the Hon. East India Company's Service, Mad ras estab lishinent, aged 69. On the 25th ult., John Fawcitt, Esq., land-surveyor , square, Gray's Inn. On the 21st ult., at Redditch, near Worcester, Frances, third daughter of the late E. Howell, Esq., of the Borough. On tbe 28th ult., Caroline Anne, second daughter of J. Dili"' Esq., of Somerset -street, Portman-square, aged 11. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Colonel—Mellor, h. p. Cambrian Rang. Lieut.-Colonel—Hinde, h. p. Neuron's Reg. Captains—ToHematite 76 - F. ; Young, IL Eng.: Highnaore, 5 R. R. Vet. Bat. Lieutenants —W. B. Fairtlough, 63 F. ; Warren, H. A rt 4; Tristram, h. p. 3 Dr. ; Burke, h. p. 60 F. ; A. Clarke, h. F. ; H. L owr y, h. p. 2 West India Reg. ; Manni, h. p. Corsican Rangers. Second Lieutenants and Ensigns—G. W. Hopkirs, 76 F. ; A h. nesley, R. Mar. ; Du Plat, h. p. Art. Ger. Le„. ; Coneolal, p. R. Malta. Medical Department—Surgeon Dr. Burd, h. p. 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